REPORT ON LEPROSY IN EHIME PREFECTURE

Abstract

A statistical investigation was made on the percentage of leprosy patients in leprosaria, on the new patients in leprosaria, patients at home and slight patients discharged from the hospital, on December 1, 1959 (Each district made its statistics.) Then discussion is added about the sum mary of the diagnosis made since 1951, (especially in the last two years).
1) Number of patients in Ehime prefecture Male 199 Female 94 Total 293 In Leprosaria 248 At Home 45 Percentage of Leprosy patients (to population 10.000) 1.90 Average in Japan 1.66
2) Severe patients are in the leprosarium. The 45 patients at home have no possibility of making infection. The 22 out of 45 are very slight and from the hospital. They have been at home for average 11 years and 8 months. Their illness is immovable.
3) A quite large number of the suspected patients diagnosed as leprosy. So the assistance and cooperation of the people engaged in sanitary section is desperately needed.
4) It will be neccessary to continue regular visit to leprosy families, suspected patients and slight patients to prevent epidemic of leprosy in communities.